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Summer 2020
THE SECRET GARDEN LOCATION TEAM:
Tom Howard/LMGI Supervising Location Manager
Jenni Lewis Location Manager
Tom Timbers Assistant Location Manager
Lucy Morris Location Coordinator
Lauren Chambers Unit Manager
Joe Kirby Key Location Assistant
Simon Casey Unit Location Assistant
Tim Smart Head of Security and Location Marshals
Matt Bowden Location Manager (Yorkshire)
Carn Burton Location Manager (Cornwall)
Lucy Lee Location Manager (Gloucestershire & Dorset)
Phil Lobban/LMGI Location Scout
Jeremy Levy Location Researcher
Tom Howard/LMGI. Photo by Ken Haber/LMGI
selves time to get in and prepare the gardens before any other de-
partment arrived. The location team produced very detailed plans
for each garden location, so during the production meeting, we pre-
sented an informative document with clear maps & plans, defi ned
access routes, transport and location marshal support. Which post
technical recce and after further discussion with the departments
was revised and re-issued. This resulted in all the crews knowing
what the plan was before they even arrived at the location.
Many crew members I have meet after this fi lm always look back
fondly on the secret garden production as one of their favourites. We
could not have done this fi lm without the huge assistance offered
to us by all the locations. From the closing of their business for our
exclusive hire, allowing us to bring in additional plants for the set
dressing, leaving manicured lawns to grow high, digging out the riv-
erbed for safe swimming and permitting us to turn footpaths into ga-
tor roadways. This is where the source material came to the rescue
in asking for these types of permissions. All of the location owners
and many of their employees all loved the book and because of this
treasured story were willing to put up with our extensive requests.
Finally, I could not have managed this location shoot without a
dedicated and highly professional crew. We all learned new skills
on this production and refi ned our practices for managing fi lming in
these types of locations—delicate with terrible access!
